Les Boueux (The Garbage Collectors)

1900

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: etching, aquatint and drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions: plate: 39.5 × 27.5 cm (15 9/16 × 10 13/16 in.) sheet: 44 × 31 cm (17 5/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
Collection no.: 2022.175.4
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Les Boueux (The Garbage Collectors) — Edgar Chahine. 1900.

Medium: etching, aquatint and drypoint on laid paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 39.5 × 27.5 cm (15 9/16 × 10 13/16 in.) sheet: 44 × 31 cm (17 5/16 × 12 3/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2022.175.4. Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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